These games depict biological processes run amuck, rampant mutation, and bodily fusion with mechanical or eletronic elements. Obvious sources of inspiration are Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Alien (1979), Akira (1982), The Thing (1982), or Jacob's Ladder (1990).
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Alien Concept Software C64 1984 Salamander Konami Arcade 1986 Metroid Intelligent Systems NES 1986 5 videos C Life Force Konami NES 1987 C R-Type Irem M72 1987 May 6 videos Alien Crush Naxat Soft PCE 1988 2 videos R-Type Software Studios ZXS 1988 Abadox: The Deadly Inner War Natsume NES 1989 1 video XMultiply Irem M72 1989 2 videos R-Type Irem Amiga 1989 1 video R-Type II Irem M72 1989 1 video SAR: Search and Rescue SNK Arcade 1989 Mar 1 video C Dragon's Fury Technosoft GEN 1990 Aliens Konami Arcade 1990 1 video C x 4 Space Gun Taito Arcade 1990 C Z-Out Advantec Amiga 1990 1 video Amnios * Flying Chicken Amiga 1991 2 videos C R-Type II Irem Amiga 1991 1 video Super R-Type Irem SNES 1991 1 video C x 2 Xexex Konami Arcade 1991 1 video Space Gun Images Amiga 1992 1 video R-Type III: The Third Lightning Irem SNES 1993 C Alien 3: The Gun Sega System 1993 C Super Metroid ** Intelligent Systems SNES 1994 C Alien vs. Predator Capcom CPS2 1994 1 video C x 3 R-Type Delta Irem PS 1998 1 video Silent Hill *** Team Silent PS 1999 8 videos C x 2 Alien Resurrection Argonaut PS 2000 Silent Hill 2 Team Silent PS2 2001 C Metroid Prime ** Retro Studios GC 2002 C Metroid Fusion Nintendo GBA 2002 R-Type Final ** Irem PS2 2003 1 video C x 3 Silent Hill 3 Team Silent PS2 2003 C Silent Hill 4: The Room *** Team Silent PS2 2004 C x 2 Metroid Prime Pinball Fuse Games NDS 2005 R-Type Tactics * Irem PSP 2007 C x 2 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Retro Studios WII 2007 Silent Hill: Origins - Climax Studios PSP 2007 C Dead Space *** Visceral Games 360 2008 C Alien Crush Returns Tamsoft WII 2008 C Silent Hill Homecoming * Double Helix 360 2008 C Dead Space: Extraction Eurocom WII 2009 R-Type ** Southend Interactive 360 2009 R-Type II Southend Interactive 360 2009 C Silent Hill: Shattered Memories * Climax Studios WII 2009 C x 2 Dead Space 2 *** Visceral Games 360 2011 C x 2 R-Type DotEmu Androi 2011 Dead Space 3 Visceral Games 360 2013 C Dead Space 3 Visceral Games Win 2013 The Last of Us Naughty Dog PS3 2013 C Alien: Isolation The Creative Assembly Win 2014 Alien: Isolation The Creative Assembly PS4 2014 3 videos The Last of Us Remastered Naughty Dog PS4 2014 7 videos C Soma *** Frictional Games PS4 2015 5 videos M ! Inside Playdead XB1 2016 M ! Inside Playdead Win 2016 C Inside Playdead PS4 2016 M ! AM2R: Return of Samus Milton Guasti Win 2016 1 video Gears of War 4 The Coalition XB1 2016 5 videos C Gears 5 The Coalition XB1 2019 20 videos C x 2 Carrion Phobia Game Studio XB1 2020 4 videos C Carrion Phobia Game Studio Win 2020 1 video R-Type Final 2 Granzella PS4 2021 6 videos C x 2 Remote Life Next Game Level PS5 2022 1 video Scorn XSX 2022 4 videos Angel at Dusk NSW 2024